Former music teacher faces possession of child porn charges

A former Dover music teacher is facing multiple charges of possession of child pornography.

Daryl Robertson, 38, was arrested Friday. Police said they found images of child sex abuse on discs in a room he keeps in his parents' house in Greenland.

The tip about possible illegal activity came in from the U.S. Postal Service.

"In the search, we found several multimedia files which did depict child sex abuse images, which are felonies," said Chief Tara Laurent.

Officials said the U.S. Postal Inspection Service initiated the investigation. However, police said the reason for that agency's involvement is still sealed.

Greenland Police made the arrest with the help of Portsmouth Police and the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

"It went very quickly. We were notified only a couple days before we executed the search warrant, we were able to pull a team together and we were able to keep everyone safe and be successful," said Sgt. Tom Grella, ICAC Task Force Commander.

Robertson was arrested and charged with sexual assault in 2008 when he was a music teacher at St. Thomas Aquinas in Dover. Police accused him of inappropriately touching a former student the year before. He was found not guilty of that charge.

Robertson was in the process of trying to have that charge annulled. A clerk at Portsmouth Circuit Court said the annulment was denied, but Robertson appeals, and the case is pending at Rockingham Superior Court.

Bail on the new charges was set at $50,000 cash. Robertson was also ordered not to have unsupervised contact with anyone younger than 18.

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